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Table 2 Social and demographic characteristics of hypertensive traditional medicine users (N= 28)

From: The prevalence of traditional herbal medicine use among hypertensives living in South African communities

Variable

Frequency

Percent

Sex

  Male

5

17.9%

  Female

23

82.1%

Age in years*

  < 44 years

0

0.0%

  45-54 years

7

25.9%

  55 -64 years

15

55.6%

   65+ years

5

18.5%

Marital Status

  Married / Cohabitating

8

28.6%

   Divorced / Separated / Widowed

13

46.2%

  Single

7

25.0%

Highest formal education completed

   No education / Primary school

8

28.6%

  Secondary school

19

67.9%

  Vocational / Tertiary

1

3.6%

Employment status

  Working full time / Part time

1

3.6%

  Unemployed / Looking for a job

13

46.2%

  Retired / Other

14

50.0%

Religion

  Christian

24

85.7%

  Traditional / No religion / Other

4

14.3%

  1. *Missing data: The 'age' variable has 1 missing case.